Why in the heck aren't there any line breaks in the above? Yeesh.
The problem with spam
on
NYT on Spam Cops
·
· Score: 2, Interesting
Well, I guess there are a lot of problems with spam.
My problem with spam is that I receive hundreds of spams a day. Our company uses a very nice spam filter, and almost of these things get labeled as spam, buried in an attachment, and a local filter moves them to a 'probably spam' folder.
But since there are hundreds of them per day, and in order to read them I have to open the attached email, I don't read any of them, I just delete them.
So, my email used to be 100%, but the spam's gotten so bad that now its only about 99%. Small chance there, but if you send me an email, I might not get it.
Meanwhile, I have to make it less convenient for everyone, everywhere to send me email. I used to have my email address (a different one, it was overwhelmed with spam long ago) right on my web page. That thing got so many spams that I had to quit using it.
So now I have a gmail address on my web page, but not a convenient 'click here to email me' sort of thing. Rather just a description of what my email address might sound like, and if you can figure it out, launch your email client, type in the solution to this little puzzle, *then* you can email me, and... then I might get it, because if it doesn't make it past gmails spam filters I'll never see it.
I've found myself relying on web-board forum postings and the like for that sort of non-spammed email communications. The best way to reach me now is to post on a forum I visit with "HEY YOU, READ THIS!" as the title.
Crazy.
To the point though, is email, as a concept, just fundamentally flawed?
I've thought about putting a convenient clickable email address on my webpage that requires an occassionally changing subject-title 'password' in order to actually be delivered. i.e. The first time you send me an email, you have to put [password] in the subject. If you don't, then I won't ever see the email. Once I receive the email, then I'll add you to a contact list which allows you to email me without the password. Then if I ever get spam with the password for the subject, then I'll change the password. If you are in my contact list and I get spam from you, then I'll delete you from it.
But that still wouldn't work, would it? I mean, I'd still get whatever viruses-spawned emails spoof your email address or use contact lists for distribution...
And I'd never be able to use the email address for things like registering accounts with online newspapers. I'm making the assumption that most spammers get their email lists from those guys, no matter what they say. If they're sharing my email address with anyone, they're sharing it with everyone.
Anyway, this battle with spam seems like a lost cause. I'm thinking the problem is with email. Like, we need something else.
As far as I can tell, it's bunk.
There are tournaments ($75 entry fee) and there are female-only tournaments ($35 entry fee).
I didn't see anything to indicate that females could NOT join the real tournaments.
That males can't join the female-only tournament is implied by the fact that they're called "female" tournaments, but that's hardly gender-discrimination aimed at females.
That these female-only tournaments are "viewed as a sideline" might just possibly be because they *are* a sideline.
Slashdot Mirror
> Don't push them, let them work hard for 8 hours
> and then go home
Honestly, you'd have to let them work 8 hours and then MAKE them go home.
A Softer World: My spidey-sense is tingling!
Why in the heck aren't there any line breaks in the above? Yeesh.
Well, I guess there are a lot of problems with spam. My problem with spam is that I receive hundreds of spams a day. Our company uses a very nice spam filter, and almost of these things get labeled as spam, buried in an attachment, and a local filter moves them to a 'probably spam' folder. But since there are hundreds of them per day, and in order to read them I have to open the attached email, I don't read any of them, I just delete them. So, my email used to be 100%, but the spam's gotten so bad that now its only about 99%. Small chance there, but if you send me an email, I might not get it. Meanwhile, I have to make it less convenient for everyone, everywhere to send me email. I used to have my email address (a different one, it was overwhelmed with spam long ago) right on my web page. That thing got so many spams that I had to quit using it. So now I have a gmail address on my web page, but not a convenient 'click here to email me' sort of thing. Rather just a description of what my email address might sound like, and if you can figure it out, launch your email client, type in the solution to this little puzzle, *then* you can email me, and... then I might get it, because if it doesn't make it past gmails spam filters I'll never see it. I've found myself relying on web-board forum postings and the like for that sort of non-spammed email communications. The best way to reach me now is to post on a forum I visit with "HEY YOU, READ THIS!" as the title. Crazy. To the point though, is email, as a concept, just fundamentally flawed? I've thought about putting a convenient clickable email address on my webpage that requires an occassionally changing subject-title 'password' in order to actually be delivered. i.e. The first time you send me an email, you have to put [password] in the subject. If you don't, then I won't ever see the email. Once I receive the email, then I'll add you to a contact list which allows you to email me without the password. Then if I ever get spam with the password for the subject, then I'll change the password. If you are in my contact list and I get spam from you, then I'll delete you from it. But that still wouldn't work, would it? I mean, I'd still get whatever viruses-spawned emails spoof your email address or use contact lists for distribution... And I'd never be able to use the email address for things like registering accounts with online newspapers. I'm making the assumption that most spammers get their email lists from those guys, no matter what they say. If they're sharing my email address with anyone, they're sharing it with everyone. Anyway, this battle with spam seems like a lost cause. I'm thinking the problem is with email. Like, we need something else.
As far as I can tell, it's bunk. There are tournaments ($75 entry fee) and there are female-only tournaments ($35 entry fee). I didn't see anything to indicate that females could NOT join the real tournaments. That males can't join the female-only tournament is implied by the fact that they're called "female" tournaments, but that's hardly gender-discrimination aimed at females. That these female-only tournaments are "viewed as a sideline" might just possibly be because they *are* a sideline.
Raph is not the lead designer for SWG. Raph is the Creative Director for SWG. The lead designer is Anthony Castoro.
:)
I hope you do play it, and I hope you like it, too.